Actually, it seems to be quite a complicated bit of a story, partly having to do with the literal wind, and partly with Chicago boosterism. In-depth story here (with reference to the Straight Dope, to boot!)
Last Sunday, I was in Chicago (for my grandson’s graduation from Northwestern) and saw Hamilton. Highly recommended.
Rhiannon8404:
Wow, thanks for all the great ideas!
So it turned out that one of my sister’s colleagues we just as excited about Wrigley as I was, so we went down there today. Turns out no tours because of the Kerry Woods Battle of the Bats Charity Home Run Derby was going on, we got to go in and watch that. Then, one of the guest ambassadors came over and asked if we were the ladies who had wanted a tour. We said yes, and she said she couldn’t give us one, but talked to us for a long time about the history of the park, architecture, the team all kinds of stuff. It was really pretty cool.
We also rode the El and visited the Art Institute today.
Turns out the award dinner my sister and her colleagues are going to Friday evening is at The Berghoff, so I will probably eat there separately that night, since it’s highly recommended. Then I can walk around the park until they are done with the boring part of the meal.
We are seriously considering the architecture boat tour for tomorrow. I am passing on all these recomendations for restarants to the group because we are together for dinner Sat, Sun and Mon and this is a first visit to Chicago for all of us.
What did you think of the Berghoff and Millenium Park?
Dinner was delicious. I had the game sausage trio (boar, duck and venison) and the strudel for dessert.
Millenium Park was fantastic.
Tomorrow afternoon we are doing the architecture boat tour.
Glad you’re having a great time. Couldn’t ask for nicer weather these past couple days.